City of Tucson

Standards Manual for Drainage Design and Floodplain Management in Tucson, Arizona

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Jurisdiction level

City

“City of Tucson Department of Transportation, Engineering Division”
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State

Arizona

“STANDARDS MANUAL FOR DRAINAGE DESIGN AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA”
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Version / edition

December 1989 (Revised July 1998); Chapter IV revised April 1998

“DECEMBER, 1989 (REVISED JULY, 1998)”
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Adoption / effective date

1989-12

“DECEMBER, 1989”
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Last revised date

1998-07

“REVISED JULY, 1998... CHAPTER IV: CITY OF TUCSON METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FLOOD PEAKS AND FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS (REVISED APRIL, 1998)”
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Relationship to state manual

independent

“STANDARDS MANUAL FOR DRAINAGE DESIGN AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA... Prepared for City of Tucson”
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Design Criteria

Design storm return periods (years)

2-year, 5-year, 10-year, 25-year, 50-year, 100-year

“procedure for estimating 2-year, 5-year, 10-year, 25-year, 50-year, and 100-year flood peaks and flood hydrographs for watershed areas located within the City of Tucson”
Chapter IV, Section 4.1

Water quality volume method

Threshold Retention required in Balanced/Critical Basins per the Stormwater Detention/Retention Manual; Critical Basins require a 15% reduction of the 2-, 10-, and 100-year events. Stormwater harvesting may offset Threshold Retention volume (Design Policy #10).

“Compliance with these Threshold Retention requirements, which are described in the Stormwater Detention/Retention Manual, is now required... The volume utilized for stormwater harvesting may be used to offset the volume required for Threshold Retention. Stormwater harvesting has been added as Design Policy #10 in Chapter XIV”
October 24, 1997 Cover Letter

Peak flow calculation method(s)

City of Tucson Flood Peak Estimator Procedure (basins ≤10 sq mi), Tucson Stormwater Management Study (TSMS) hydrology (preferred where available), HEC-1, Rational Formula

“The City of Tucson Flood Peak Estimator Procedure shall be used to determine the design 100-year flood peak for drainage basins less than ten square miles in size.”
Chapter I, Design Policies — Chapter IV

Hydrologic/hydraulic software

Stormwater System Planner (HEC-1 / AutoCAD mapping component for TSMS)

“The TSMS hydrologic modeling was accomplished using the Stormwater System Planner, a software package which includes a database manager, the HEC-1 hydrologic model, and an AutoCAD mapping component.”
Conditions of Use, TSMS Hydrologic Data

Approved BMP categories

Detention/Retention Basins, Stormwater Harvesting, Stormwater-Infiltration Systems (Dry Wells), Open Channels, Channel Stabilization and Hydraulic Structures, Storm Drains, Culverts, Street and Parking Lot Drainage

“CHAPTER VIII. OPEN-CHANNEL DESIGN... CHAPTER IX: Channel Stabilization and Hydraulic Structures... CHAPTER X: Storm Drains... CHAPTER XI: Culverts... CHAPTER XII: Street and Parking Lot Drainage... CHAPTER XIV. DETENTION/RETENTION BASINS... 14.5 Stormwater-Infiltration Systems”
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